Purnea/Patna: An FIR was registered against RJD leaders Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, Tej Pratap Yadav and four others in connection with the murder of Dalit leader Shakti Malik in Purnea district of poll-bound Bihar on Sunday, police said.
After the killing, a video in which Malik accused Tejashwi Prasad Yadav of seeking Rs 50 lakh as donation to give him party ticket to contest the poll from Raniganj seat and threatening to eliminate him if he continues with his good work in the constituency, went viral.
Superintendent of Police of Purnea Vishal Sharma said that an FIR lodged against six persons including RJD leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav and his brother Tej Pratap Yadav in connection with the murder.
Three bike-borne men entered Malik’s house in Purnea this morning when he was sleeping, and shot him in the head killing him on the spot.
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Son of someone who stole huge sums of public money and is undergoing imprisonment, now wants to become the CM. An incompetent Nitish Kumar is better than this arrogant son of a crooked politician. If such are the people who aspire to become the CM of the State, Bihar can never aspire to become prosperous.